NOSTOCACEAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Nostocaceae mean? 

• NOSTOCACEAE (noun)
  The noun NOSTOCACEAE has 1 sense:

1. blue-green algae

  Familiarity information: NOSTOCACEAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NOSTOCACEAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Blue-green algae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Nostocaceae; Nostocaceae

Hypernyms ("Nostocaceae" is a kind of...):

bacteria family (a family of bacteria)

Meronyms (members of "Nostocaceae"):

genus Nostoc (type genus of the family Nostocaceae: freshwater blue-green algae)

Holonyms ("Nostocaceae" is a member of...):

class Cyanobacteria; class Cyanophyceae; Cyanophyceae (photosynthetic bacteria found in fresh and salt water, having chlorophyll a and phycobilins; once thought to be algae: blue-green algae)